Admitting that the Covid-19 situation in parts of Howrah was very bad, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday asked top cops to deploy armed police in some of the areas of the district as also in a few zones of Kolkata to ensure that people stayed at their homes and maintained social distancing norms in the markets....
Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja on Friday said that there was just one new coronavirus positive case, taking the total number presently under treatment to 138. ...
The Union Health Ministry on Friday said that before lockdown, Covid-19 cases were doubling in 3 days but the last 7 days' data shows that it is 6.2 days now and in 19 states and Union Territories, the case doubling rate is less than the country's average....
The Union Health Ministry said Indian scientists and researchers are working on vaccine development and that by next month, 10 lakh indigenously developed RT-PCR kits would be manufactured....
Tamil Nadu Revenue Minister R.B. Udhayakumar on Friday fell at the feet of sanitary workers, saying that they are like "gods" and distributed relief material among them in Madurai district....
While long queues of account holders can be seen outside banks to withdraw money, officials in Amethi have made arrangements for deposit and withdrawal at the doorsteps of area residents, courtesy micro ATMs of the postal department. ...
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to the people to follow the guidelines issued by the Ministry of AYUSH to help build immunity against the coronavirus pandemic, Kerala has set the ball rolling, said State Health Minister K.K.Shailaja on Friday....
Even 24 hours after Delhi BJP issued a helpline number for the poor and the needy of the city under the ‘Feed the Needy' programme, people on Friday complained that the number provided is continuously ‘switched off since Thursday....
The Dubai branch of Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre (KMCC) last week sought the court's help to evacuate thousands of people held up in Dubai, as they are unable to return home due to the nationwide lockdown and suspension of international flights....
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday acknowledged Fox News report that the novel coronavirus (nCoV) may have been accidentally leaked by an intern working at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China....
